Mr. Scot

Tepper has specifically stated that he's not a talent evaluator and he's not going to try to be.

Kyle Smith is the guy who was previously doing all the GM duties without the title but wasn't given serious consideration for the actual job. He's since left for a personnel executive position with the Falcons.

Lord, what an awful throw.

Granted. Just observing... Don't know if the other squad is just more talented or what, but they look better.

Mond definitely isn't impressing me. Carter from UNC looked pretty good.

Knowing they were coached by our OL coaches this week doesn't make me feel good about statements like that.

Rhule's squad isn't looking too great so far.

Live on NFL Network right now...

Brad Holmes as well, which is one of the reasons I think Goff could end up in Detroit. Don't know if it could happen, but a straight Stafford for Goff swap would certainly be interesting.

Always felt McVay has been a tad limited by Goff. With Stafford, who knows?

For what it's worth, FS1 guy quoting Albert Breer...

Dave Birkett covers the Lions for the Detroit Free Press. Guesses from what I've been reading would be the Rams of the 49ers. Colts are possible too I suppose but the other two sound more likely. There was word that we checked into it, but I seriously doubt we're involved anymore.

Funny thing is that these were prepared remarks. His game speeches obviously aren't going to be rehearsed (and just as well). For my part, I guess I'd say with regard to both he and Dan Campbell that it's gonna matter a lot more whether they can coach than whether they can speak. Guess we'll see how that works...

Funny to think about it, but Rivera has been rebuilding his version of the Panthers up in Washington since he got the job. Now with Marty there, he's pretty close to the goal. Meanwhile, we're shaking off the last vestiges of the Richardson era and building something new. The upcoming offseason will have little to no influence from anyone of that period. So now we watch and see what direction these two franchises take.

Makes me wonder if he wanted to go to Washington. Regardless, he's not gonna be part of this year's scouting process.

Probably should have sold him to a fence.

Veterans require less coaching.

Looked up an old friend of ours. The second tweet was written in response to Jeremy Fowler's mention of the Rams as a possible Matthew Stafford destination. So yes, the Rams are talking about trading Goff. And yeah, given that the Lions GM is one of the guys who chose Goff in the first place, it's a very plausible option. Will it happen? No idea. If it does, it'll be complicated as hell. But it's being explored.

The Twitter page that rumor comes from isn't a good source. There's no confirmation from any reliable source that I've seen.

That tweet comes from the same bullsh-t site that posted Joe Brady was leaving. It was posted as a joke in response to someone saying they liked Twitter sources.

Well again, Brad Holmes probably doesn't see it that way. Maybe he believes a different situation and a new coaching staff will make the difference. Also possible that having a quarterback he doesn't have to coach up so much might appeal to Sean McVay.

Perhaps, but you're not the former college scouting director who was part of a braintrust that believed Goff was not only deserving of the number one overall pick, but also worth the additional picks that it took to trade into that spot. The guy who does fit that description? He's GM of the Lions right now.

Well remember, the Rams don't have a first rounder. But also, remember who the Lions hired their GM from?

I'd need to hear it from another source before I'd take it seriously. This one comes from the same Twitter that somebody posted a couple of bullsh-t rumors from a few weeks ago.

The "long toothed" guys weren't the only ones saying it. Heck, that was the season you had all the guys getting together for team pictures on the sidelines after we won (and sometimes even before). Everybody was having fun that year.